Title: USS Hancock, April, 1945 Description: A welder cuts away twisted steel on the deck of the USS Hancock (CV-19) after a Japanese kamikaze plane had crashed onto its deck during operations against Okinawa; the crash killed sixty-two men and wounded another seventy-one, but the crew doused all fires and repaired the carrier's deck within a half hour and the Hancock was again in action; Date: April 7, 1945 Category: World War II Keywords: aircraft carriers, airplanes, aviation, Battle of Okinawa, March-June 1945, damage, destruction, carriers, Japanese suicide planes, Operation Iceberg, Second World War, U.S. Navy, U.S. warships, World War II, WWII Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 1200 x 972 (1.17 MPixels) (1.23) Print Size: 10.2 x 8.2 cm; 4.0 x 3.2 inches File Size: 3.34 MB (3,503,314 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000010708 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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